Democratic Nominee Joe Biden Has Won US Presidential Election. Afghan People, Who Have Been Watching the Bitterly-Fought US Election on Tenterhooks, Hope Biden Win Means a Washington Tougher on Taliban and a Responsible Withdrawal after a Successful Culmination of Peace Talks. Biden Is Expected to Make Better Foreign Policy Decisions …
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AT News KABUL: A military officer was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Pule-e-Charkhi in PD12 of Kabul city, Kabul police confirmed on Sunday. The incident happened on Sunday morning, said Ferdaws Faramarz, spokesperson for Kabul police chief. Investigation has been launched, he said, with efforts underway to arrest the perpetrators. …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 17 Taliban insurgents including their commander in Pashton-Zarghon district of western Herat province, official confirmed Sunday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Jailani Farhad said that the militants staged attacks on the security checkpoints and that the clashes lasted for several hours. …
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Joe Biden, 77, was elected as 46th President of the United States, in a large distance of votes from President Trump after a controversial race. Soon after Biden was declared winner, Trump dug in for a fight. Whatever is the reaction, Trump apparently refuses to confess his defeat, rare in …
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Commentary Afghanistan has been the prime target of Pakistan’s radical fundamentalists and their terrorist cronies for decades. Those at the very top of Pakistan’s military, political and religious elite hanker after a government in Afghanistan run by thugs and entangled in lawlessness. In a recent travesty under Pakistani military government’s …
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By Maria Hayat Remember the maternity ward attack? May 12th 2020. Three gunmen stormed into a maternity clinic in Dasht-e-Barchi, a predominately Shia neighbourhood. Maternity. Clinic. Nurses, mothers and newborns were ruthlessly shot and killed. At least 24 deaths. Those who survived continue to suffer from the trauma meanwhile the younger …
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AT News KABUL: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said that dozens of drugstores keep bribing an official at public health ministry to sell hallucinogenic and psychedelic drugs without restriction. The individual has been identified and is under prosecution. Saleh said drugstores in 9th police district bribe health officials to freely …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan needs a stronger Air Force and more equipments including fighter jets to be able to fight the insurgency. Although the US provided Afghanistan with some military aircrafts and choppers, the Afghan forces mostly depend on US Force’s air support in fighting against militants. The U.S. military …
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AT News KABUL: An improvised explosive device blast in Kabul on Saturday killed at least three civilians including a veteran journalist amid escalating fighting across the country, an official said. Blaming the Taliban for the bombing, Ferdous Faramarz, spokesman for Kabul police, said a magnetic bomb explosion hit a government-owned …
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AT News KABUL: The intra-Afghan negotiations were temporarily stopped amid some developments in Kabul and Washington. The Kabul University came under terrorist attack on Monday that killed more than 20 students. One day after the attack, the US presidential elections began. These two major events caused a delay in the …
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